Guido Giannettini

Guido Giannettini (22 August 1930 – 12 May 2003) was an Italian journalist and far-right activist who also acted as an informer for the Italian intelligence services.

Activism Guido Giannettini was born on 22 August 1930, in Taranto. In 1954 he joined the student association Young Italy in Naples. He was active in the OAS support networks, and arrested in 1961 in Madrid along with Pierre Lagaillarde. While in Spain, Giannettini was also in contact with members of the Falange.

During the 1960's Giannettini was tied to far-right politicians and activists across Europe. In Greece, he was in contact with Konstantinos Plevris, the leader of the Metaxist 4th of August Party. During one of these meetings he met NATO General Secretary Manlio Brosio. military intelligence agency. Giannettini presented there one of the main reports.

Following this colloquium, in which about 20 students participated (among them, Stefano Delle Chiaie and Mario Michele Merlino

In 1966, Giannettini published with Pino Rauti "Red Hands on the Armed Forces" (Le mani rosse sulle forze armate). In 1969, he and Rauti participated in an Italian military delegation to West Germany, to prepare the purchase of Leopard tanks. During this trip, the two men would meet the newly elected Chancellor Willy Brandt and his Defense Minister Helmut Schmidt at the Italian embassy.

During the Parliamentary Commission on Terrorism headed by Senator Giovanni Pellegrino, the Italian Minister of Defense officially recognized before parliament that Giannettini had been on the Italian secret services' pay-roll. According to Giannettini, he was introduced to Sérac by OAS operative Jean Rene Souètre as "Ralf."